From the 1870s through the 1920s, Japan underwent rapid and widespread modernization and nation-building. In the Meiji period, Japanese leaders looked to European models of constitutional monarchy, ...

In the Meiji period, Japanese leaders looked to European models of constitutional monarchy, adopting a system of imperial government modeled most closely on the Prussian model. As Japan transitioned ...

Tokyo, Nov. 15 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Princess Yuriko has passed away, it was learned Friday. She was 101. The princess was the great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito and was the longest-living member of the ...

In clear and vibrant prose, Paine leads the reader through a tumultuous century and a half of Japanese history, focusing on the way Japan’s leaders positioned their country in the world, from the ...

Asia Society presents a fresh look at the art of Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912), a period of unprecedented cultural and technological transition, in the landmark exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of ...

Some 2,000 people dressed in costumes from eras ranging from the Heian period (794-1185) to the Meiji Restoration (mid- to ...

The Thomas Balch Library on Tuesday displayed a new art collection called “Echoes of the East: Selections from the Asian Art Collection of Morven Park.” ...